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Understanding Changes in the Software & Venture Capital Industries

Both Sides of the Table

It was driven by the introduction of open-source software, most notably what was called the LAMP stack. They then launched processing capabilities (EC2) and we startups suddenly didn’t need to buy production servers. Not IBM, HP, Accenture, Cisco, Salesforce.com or anybody else. Amazon will surely keep moving up the stack.